Cement shingle structure.



E. M. WALTON.

CEMENT SHINGLE STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1910.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

IN VENTOR.

W1 'I'N'E'SSES:

A 'I'TOIENE Y.

' era EDGAR M. WALTON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CEMENT SHINGLE STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Application filed May 2, 1910. Serial No. 558,918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR M. WALTON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Cement Shingle Structures; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which'it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which .form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to cement roof or side-wall coverings, and more s ecificallyf to a shingle structure wherein s mgles re sembling wooden shingles in appearance are molded in their final positions on the roof or side of a house.

It is the object of my invention to pro vide a roof which will not crack, is permanent, sightly, and fire-proof andis moreover inexpensive of construction.

The invention consists in the details of construction herein to be described, and lllustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which I Figure I isJa perspective view pf a part of a roof, including a hip anda valley, constructed according to my invention. Fig.

.11 is a plan view' of portions of several courses of cement shmgles, show ng their arrangement. -Fig.. III is an enlarged vertical section of my cement shingles and the supporting sheathing. Fig. IV is an enlarged plan view of one of the metallic in-- serts around which a shingle is molded.

- Referring more in detail to the. parts In covering a wooden sheathed roof according to my invention, the operator is supplied with a number of sheet metal inserts, as foundations for the cementshingles. A suitable insert,-1, is shown in Fig. IV, the

- same having semi-circular spacing ears'2 'struckiup from both sides of the insert 1'. leaving similarly shaped perforations there- 1n. form of expanded sheet metal 1," or metal lath as 1t is sometimes called,

may -be employed. T e insert 1 is cut to nearly the size. of the ingles', and if. the s specially shaped roof has hips or va y inserts 1 are cut, .havmg the contour of the shingles 3, 4, shown in Fig, I. I J

- of the latter lower course.

. the roo 'right and left in-Fig. I,

Beginning at the lower edge. of the roof as usual, the operator fastens a course of inserts 1 to the sheathingii with staplesthat pass through openings in the inserts, as shown in Fig. IV, where 6 designates a staple. One staple for each insert 1 will suflice. The wet cement is then spread upon.

the insert, and is molded into shingle form, filling all the interstices of the insert, and being tapered in thickness from end to end as are wooden shingles. Grooves 7 are indented, in imitation of the cracks between Wooden shingles Suitable, molding apparatus should be employed, and an apparatus expressly invented by me for that purpose is described in a pending application for Letters-Patent. Said. apparatus consists of horizontally disposed bars having, attached thereto, a series of upwardly extending arms which taper'in thickness.

Said arms form the divisions or grooves beof inserts l is stapled into place above and overlapping the upper 'part of the shingles above described. It should be formed-between shingles of adjacent courses, in this cement construction no such spaces are formed, as the material is plastic instead of bein already fixed in rigidplates. Thus covering will be strong and solid.

already formed, and the cement applied-as noted that, .whereas in wooden shingling' spaces are When the sides of the roof have been covered as described, the-operator molds a. ca piece 8 upon the ridge e of the roof, in imitation of the sadd boards of wooden roofs. Continuous strips of the metallic insertion may be emplo edfor these parts.

' In covering hips a d valleys, as .at the gular shingles, as 3 and 4, which thus cover I prefer to moldan,

the hips and valleys n a waterproof man'- ner, which can not be done with wooden shingles even when supplemented by tin-j work. The same molds used in forming the rectangular shingles, are used in forming the. hip and valley shingles 3 and 4.

Each shingle will adhere only slightly to those beneath it, even without the use of by Letters-Patent is E- 1. A house covering having sheathing, a course of metal reinforcing inserts loosely secured to said sheathing, said inserts having a covering of plastic cement divided with respect to the inserts, a second course of inserts loosely secured to the sheathing and overlapping the finished course of cement, and a layer of plastic cement applied to the second course of inserts and divided with respect to said inserts, the interstices between the sheathing, the second course of inserts and the upper edge of the first course being filled with cement to form a shoulder,

for the purpose set forth.

' ,2. A house covering, comprising a sheathing, a course of metal relnforclng inserts spaced from and loosely secured to said sheathing, said inserts having a covering of plastic cement divided with respect to the inserts, a second course of inserts loosely secured to the sheathing and overlapping A the finished course of cement, and a layer of plastic cement applied tot-he second course of inserts and divided with respect to said inserts, each division of said last named course of cement being formed with a shoulder on its under side for abutting the top of the lower course, for the purpose set forth.

In testimon whereof I aifix my signature in presence 0' two witnesses.

EDGAR L WALTON.

Witnesses MYRTLE N. JACKSON, K. M. IMBODEN. 

